H 873

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 596  FILED ON: 1/10/2025
  HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 873
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  PRESENTED BY:
  Chynah Tyler
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
        Court assembled:
        The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
  An Act relative to voting rights.
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  PETITION OF:
NAME:  DISTRICT/ADDRESS:  DATE ADDED:
Chynah Tyler  7th Suffolk  1/10/2025
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  HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 596  FILED ON: 1/10/2025
       HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 873
    By Representative Tyler of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 873) of Chynah
    Tyler relative to voting rights for convicted felons. Election Laws.
  [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
  SEE HOUSE, NO. 721 OF 2023-2024.]
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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    An Act relative to voting rights.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
    of the same, as follows:
1  SECTION 1. Section 1 of chapter 50 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016
2   Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 138 and 139, the following words:-
3   “, except if by reason of a felony conviction”.
4  SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 51 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
5   amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the following words:- “or incarcerated in a correctional
6   facility due to a felony conviction,”.
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